Friday, Dec 07, 2018

Message from H.M. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands

Toronto Centre is pleased to have received a special message from Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for our International Conference on Leveraging Fintech for Inclusive and Stable Financial Systems.

Technology-led innovations are creating new solutions for customers with financial services designed around their needs which can help them improve their lives. As the UNSGSA, I am very pleased that the Toronto Centre is bringing together regulators and supervisors, development partners, and global standard setters to share experiences of how FinTech can play a transformative role driving financial inclusion while maintaining financial stability. This type of dialogue is needed to share the experiences of regulators who have implemented new policy initiatives to unleash innovation while mitigating potential risks. Going forward, it will be important for partners, such as the Toronto Centre, to offer capacity building support to regulators and supervisors, so their staff are familiar with new technologies and they can incorporate innovation into existing supervisory tools and design new regulatory initiatives.

- Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) and Honorary Patron of the G20’s Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion